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The Week: North Hills
Here are some of the key news and features in the North Hills from the past week, For more details on these stories, follow the links below or see Triblive.com: • McCandless police chief returns to duty after suspension • Vincentian Academy spring musical ‘Annie’ • Dave & Busters opens...
North Allegheny balks at cost of starting classes later in the morning
Despite significant support from the public and several school board members for the North Allegheny School District to start classes later in the morning to give students a bit more time to sleep in, administrators are recommending against such a change — for now. Citing the high cost and difficulty...
Pine-Richland hires new director of facilities management
Pine-Richland is welcoming a new member to the district team. At its meeting Feb. 11, the board hired Jeffrey Zimmerman as director of facilities management. Most recently, Zimmerman served as the regional facilities director for CBRE Group Inc. at 16 art institute locations throughout the eastern United States. Prior to...
Girls Scouts setting up cookie booth at Block Northway starting Friday
Shoppers in the North Hills won’t have to wait for a Girl Scout to come knocking at the door to get their fill of Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. Starting on Friday, girls from the West Perry Service Unit of Girls Scouts of Western Pennsylvania will be at The Block...
North Allegheny students performing ’12 Angry Jurors’
North Allegheny Intermediate High School students will kick off a four-show run of the drama “12 Angry Jurors” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Based on the Emmy award-winning television movie, “12 Angry Jurors” is the story of a 19-year-old man who has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of...
North Hills choir hosting Cabaret Night on March 1
North Hills will transform the high school cafeteria into a casual coffee shop on Friday March 1 for the choir’s Cabaret Night starting at 7 p.m. The “open mic” environment will feature songs performed as solos, duets and in small groups. All songs are selected by choir members and cover...
North Hills Middle School site of Attorney General’s anti-bullying tour
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro held an hour-long forum at North Hills Middle School on Feb. 14 as part of his new state-wide anti-bullying listening tour. Throughout the coming year, he will visit five different schools across the Commonwealth to hear about students’ experiences with bullying and listen to their...
Innovation shines during Pine-Richland’s inaugural hackathon
Pine-Richland High School students organized and led the school’s first-ever hackathon called “Hack the Ram” on Feb. 9. Seniors Arjan Guglan, Lauren Juncal and Justin Waltrip, and junior Daniel Krill developed, organized and launched the event. Teacher Val Klosky served as the sponsoring teacher. In all 80 students participated in...
Furry friends focus of upcoming exhibit, fundraiser at North Hills Art Center
The North Hills Art Center is going to the dogs — and the cats, gerbils, snakes and other critters people keep as pets. A juried animal-themed art show to benefit local animal rescue groups kick off on Saturday, March 9 with a grand opening from 7 to 9 p.m. The...
Attention-getting resume writing topic of free job search program in Franklin Park
The Job Search Ministry hosted by Saints John and Paul Church in Franklin Park is sponsoring a free program on a critical but often overlooked aspect of getting hired — crafting a resume that catches the attention of recruiters. The March 13 workshop, led by retired human resources professional Carolyn...
North Hills garden clubs announce upcoming programs on birds, bulbs
Following are some of the upcoming programs being offered by garden clubs in the North Hills: Greybrooke Garden Club Lauren Hansen, manager of Wild Birds Unlimited, will lead a program titled“Pittsburgh Winters are for the Birds” at the next meeting of the Greybrooke Garden Club on March 13. The club’s...
Girl Scout project benefits McCandless K9 officer, Peebles Fire Dept.
For Anna Arlet, Eva Betz and Natalie Marquiss, earning their Girl Scout Silver Award was filled with joy. The girls spent nearly a year researching, fundraising and executing projects to help the McCandless Police Department’s K9 officer, Joy, and securing pet CPR masks for the Peebles Volunteer Fire Department. “All...
3 North Hills churches gathering together for dinner, Ash Wednesday service March 6
Three Presbyterian churches along Perry Highway in the North Hills are hosting an Ash Wednesday service and dinner on Wednesday, March 6. Members of Hiland, Northmont and Wexford Community churches will gather to serve dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary during...
North Hills Jazz band hits all the right notes
The North Hills Jazz band entertained a large audience on Saturday, Feb. 16 during the 24th annual Mardi Gras celebration at Ross Community Center....
Marshall Twp. man tapped to chair board of YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh
A Marshall Township man with a 25 -year association with the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh recently was elected chairman of the non-profit organization’s board of directors. David Bluemling has served on YMCA branch advisory boards for 20 years and has been a member of the board of director’s for the...
McCandless police chief returns to duty after suspension
McCandless police Chief David DiSanti returned to work Feb. 18 after agreeing to a corrective action plan developed after he was suspended from duty when a female officer accused him of engaging in inappropriate behavior toward her, officials said. DiSanti was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 29 while town...
Pine-Richland board to vote on creation of athletic hall of fame
The Pine-Richland School Board is set to vote at its March meeting on the creation of a hall of fame for athletics that, if passed, would honor its first set of inductees in the fall. Administrators began exploring the opportunity of launching the hall of fame to coincide with this...
Easy Prime Rib recipe that makes delicious main course
Prime rib takes center stage for Shirley Govan of Valencia, who raises grass fed beef and pasture-raised pork with her husband, Jim. Farming has been part of their 35-year marriage and their two two girls were 4-H members. Prime rib is a feast for the eyes and the belly. It’s...
Pine-Richland to have later school start times beginning next year
As expected, the Pine-Richland School Board approved a shift in school start times beginning with the 2019-20 school year at its February meeting. After roughly 14 months of researching different options and six months of at-length discussions on the topic and gathering community feedback, the administration recently settled on a...
Two NA students selected to attend prestigious JROTC Flight Academy
In its second year of operation, the U.S. Air Force JROTC Flight Academy again chose multiple cadets from North Allegheny Senior High School to attend its highly selective nine-week immersive flight school. North Allegheny senior Aditi Edlabadkar and junior Stefan Kidd are two of only 12 students selected on the...
Vincentian Academy set to perform ‘Annie’
According to director Dan Kirk, selecting the right show is often a balancing act between what will become a good draw at the box office, what will be fun for the students, what fits the actors and actresses you have, and what is appropriate for a given school or culture....
15 North Allegheny students to be inducted into National Technical Honor Society
Fifteen North Allegheny High School students attending the A.W. Beattie Career Center will be inducted in to the National Technical Honor Society this year, district officials announced. To be considered for the honor, students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have a...
A.W. Beattie students win World of Wheels competition
A.W. Beattie Career Center students have won the World of Wheels Peddle Car Challenge for the second consecutive year. The career center is a three-time champion in the competition, having also won in 2015. The most recent victory, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, was in A.W. Beattie’s Automotive...
Nominations for 24th North Hills Sports Hall of Fame open through April 1
Nominations for the North Hills School District’s 24th annual Sports Hall of Fame are being accepted through April 1. Each year the district honors alumni who have distinguished themselves in athletics during or after the years they attended North Hills High School or the former West View High School. Inductees...
North Allegheny’s IT director nets statewide tech association’s top honor
The director of information and technology for the North Allegheny School District recently was selected as the 2019 Chief Technology Officer of the Year by a statewide technology association. Richard Platts, who joined the district in n January 2017, received the honor by the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and...
